Silvestras Zukauskas

Silvestras Zukauskas (31 December 1860-26 November 1937) was a Major-General in the Imperial Russian Army and a General in the Lithuanian Army during World War I, the Lithuanian-Soviet War, and the Polish-Lithuanian War.

Biography
Silvestras Zukauskas was born in Poskiecai-Dovainiskiai, Kovno Governorate, Russian Empire on 31 December 1860. He enlisted in a cavalry unit of the Imperial Russian Army in 1881 and advanced through the ranks after fighting in the Russo-Japanese War, becoming a colonel in 1912. During World War I, he defended Siauliai, and he attained the rank of Major-General in 1916. After Lithuanian independence, Zukauskas became Chief of the General Staff of the new country's military, and he rose to the rank of General. In 1919, he conducted a campaign of counteroffensives against the Red Army that liberated the country from the Bolsheviks, and he also fought against Poland from 1920 to 1921. He served as Supreme Commander of the Lithuanian Army from 1923 to 1928, and he died in Kaunas in 1937.